A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was reported 62 kilometers (39 miles) from Kainantu in Papua New Guinea on Monday. Exact location of event, longitude 146.2699 East, latitude -5.89 South, depth = 117.77 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000ng9f. Id of event: us7000ng9f. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 117.77 km (73 miles). The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 16:40:42 / 4:40 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 16/09/24 / 2024-09-16 16:40:42 / September 16, 2024 @ 4:40 pm UTC/GMT.
Close country/countries that might be effected, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Madang, Kainantu. Epicenter of the event was 91 km (56 miles) from Madang (c. 27 400 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Kainantu (c. 8 500 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days fourty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 62 km NE of Kainantu, Papua New Guinea.
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